The Ethan Van Sciver Talk Back thread

[Andrew NDB Shot Caller Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew NDB]

On that note, Ethan, did you ever get the full scan of that other pic of the Joker with a ring, where you gave him a yo-yo? It was badass.

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I was very impressed with the picture, and it immediately made me think how absolutely TERRIFYING the prospect of The Joker with a power ring would be, the kind of things HIS twisted imagination could create. So my question is, do you think there's any chance we may see The Joker join the Sinestro Corps sometime down the line? After all, I doubt there are many beings in Sector 2814 who can instil fear quite like The Clown Prince of Crime!

OMG i would LOVE to see a story about the Bat-Lantern going after the Clown Prince of the Sin. Corps (anyway you could help Mr. EVS?)


BTW Mr. EVS now that OA is like a space station could it be moved if it was needed?

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Eleven and a half.

Wow i was just joking but thinks for answering it (mines 13 btw)

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EVS, it's been said a couple cons ago you literally said something to the effect of, "All confirmed dead DCU superheroes will come back to life in Blackest Night" at a panel. Can you confirm the "all" part of it?

You've kind of acknowledged here that the Blue Lantern symbol may be at least somewhat based on Kyle's old ying-yang GL symbol, yeah? Without giving away the farm, can you give us at least a smidgeon of clues about the basis of the Indigo or Orange Lantern symbols -- even impossibly vague ones?

"All" meaning as many as we can think of or care to include. You may not see them, but they are implied...how's that?

The Blue Lantern symbol: When did I acknowledge that? That's incorrect, verily. Anyhow, the shapes the symbols make only have vague meanings, from my way of thinking. Geoff may write more into them, but to me they invoke a feeling, and that's good enough.

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are you working on the art for blackest night now? if not when will you begin?

Yes. Right at this minute, actually.

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How did you ever pay for art school?






...Because I'm drowning here.......

I believe you! I didn't pay for art school, because I didn't go. Devoting your life to this craft and surrounding yourself with people who DID go to art school is good enough. I think you may learn to be a competent comic book artist with some formal training, but imagination and vision are things that can't be taught. They are inherent. Talent just IS, skill comes with practice and inquisitiveness.

So while art school may help, I don't think it's necessary. (And all of this assumes that you're in it to get into comics, which may not be the case.)

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ethan another question, setting aside that your working on the blackest night. In your opinion, which do you feel is the bigger project for DC FINAL CRISIS or BLACKEST NIGHT.

Now keep in mind, I didn't ask which would is better, but in dc eyes which is bigger

FINAL CRISIS is an editorially driven DC Comics event. BLACKEST NIGHT is something Geoff and I invented over the telephone at midnight. Which do I think DC thinks is bigger? Depends on which individual you asked, of course. I think they're very excited about BLACKEST NIGHT, though.

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[B][COLOR="Cyan"]Ethan I just want to give my congratulations for being named Wizard Fan Awards Favorite Artists Of The Year, And please pass along my Congrats to Geoff and Peter as well.

Big YAY!!!





Darth_Andrea

Thanks, Andrea, I'll do that!

[methos Kyle's Backup Artist Find all posts View Profile Close methos]

i think everyone is excited about the Blackest Night lol

it's going to be amazing to see it come together finally, but now we have to ask what are the plans for Green Lantern after the Blackest Night?

M

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ethan,
just wondering, how much collaboration is there b/t you, Geoff, and Moose regarding
the overall feel of the book. Do you sit down and discuss what mood/feeling/overall direction you're going for with regard to how your art and the colorist interact?
just wondering if you all had some agreed upon vibe you were working toward(other than making the coolest comics evah!!!)
p.s. congrats on the Wizard awards
also, i've never been that big a fan of the Flash( haven't read an issue in years) but i feel the $3 being ripped from my wallet as we speak for the FLash:rebirth-with you and Geoff on it this seems like a good time to jump onboard. Thanks for your time.

Rich:

There is a total and even collaboration between the three of us whenever we work together. Moose especially has great ideas visually, which he has the talent of conveying through words to me. Color is very important, especially to these two universes of characters, Flash and Green Lantern. Mood, energy, excitement...without Moose, all of these elements would be greatly diminished. So we need to have him with us. And he's created some important things on his own, like Despotellis. That's all Moose, folks!

And yes, NOW is the time to jump on FLASH, even if you never liked him before. We'll deliver something special, and hopefully you'll be a Flash fan after that.

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Ethan, I don't think this would ever happen but what do you think of using the Firestorm Matrix as the source of some random Corps? I suppose it doesn't fit with the Emotional Corps - but his symbol could have also been converted into a Corps Symbol.

Also I would just like to see Firestorm & GL again - any chance of that ever happening again? Oh, and I just want to know what the hell the Firestorm Matrix is, but on that I'm sure you have no idea.

Last thing.

Ch'p & Bzzd = Major player Black Lanterns ?????? Please.

FIRESTORM is in Blackest Night. But not in the way that you're hoping.

About the other thing, wait and see!

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Ethan, something just struck me and I wanted to ask you about it. I have noticed that few of the GL's in the corps actually wear the mask's. was this a stylisitic decision to better help identify them in pannels or are did you all decide that the Masks should stay on Hal and Kyle for the whole secret Identity thing even when their out in space?


Darth_Andrea

I want all masks eliminated, but Geoff says no. First, that mask is a part of the Classic Hal Jordan uniform, so that alone is good reason to keep it, but also, some of these guys have secret identities. And who knows, maybe an alien will recognize Hal in space and then go tell Earth...? I'm reaching here. I don't know. The masks stay, though.

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Hey Ethan,

First off, I just want to say I think it's really great you take the time to come on here to talk to your fans. Shows you're a real class act.

I'm relatively new to "Green Lantern". It was "Sinestro Corps War" that made me a fan. So I'm only now going back to read "Rebirth" (after many months of trying to find it), and your art is just beautiful, dynamic stuff. From the big epic stuff like The Spectre battling Parallax, to the intimate character moments, you always strike the perfect tone. But my favourite single image has to be Hal Jordan's face being ripped in half, to reveal a leering Parallax underneath. Truly horrifying, right down to the details like the string of teeth (barely) holding the two shredded sides of Hal's face together. Brilliant stuff.

But enough butt-kissing! The question I had to ask you relates to a sketch you drew at a comic-con, that I stumbled across online:



I was very impressed with the picture, and it immediately made me think how absolutely TERRIFYING the prospect of The Joker with a power ring would be, the kind of things HIS twisted imagination could create. So my question is, do you think there's any chance we may see The Joker join the Sinestro Corps sometime down the line? After all, I doubt there are many beings in Sector 2814 who can instil fear quite like The Clown Prince of Crime!

Could happen! Maybe it's better just to imagine the possibilities, though, rather than to actually show everything.

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On that note, Ethan, did you ever get the full scan of that other pic of the Joker with a ring, where you gave him a yo-yo? It was badass.

I asked, but nope!

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OMG i would LOVE to see a story about the Bat-Lantern going after the Clown Prince of the Sin. Corps (anyway you could help Mr. EVS?)


BTW Mr. EVS now that OA is like a space station could it be moved if it was needed?

Good question....doesn't it need to be near Mogo though?

I'm not sure.